Official Thread - Alkin owners - check in!

[Humdinger]

I'm coming late to this party but I'll throw in my .02 cents. It is my personal opinion that unused in the bottle compressor oil does not deteriorate or have an expiration date. My Alkin is 5 years old and only has 20 hours runtime total. I changed the oil after the first year but only change my oil every other year now since it's only running about 5 hours per year or less. Even after the last oil change at 2 years the drained oil looked almost new.

IMHO, discarding a partially unused gallon of $80-160 compressor oil is flushing cash down the toilet. The only beneficiary is the oil retailer. If anyone prefers to discard "expired" containers of Anderol 750 or Secolube 500 please send it to me and I'll dispose of it safely.

 

[brawler1588]

I know alkins fill up fast but mine auto shuts off at 310B if I want to top off my 300b+ pcps just to that 310b mark? I was thinking of buying another compressor just for this task but seems like this will work and I can save myself $600 on another compressor.

 

[silverstreak]

Any known Black Friday deals on these? best place to buy?

 

[Scotty1]

I bought mine from Baker Airguns, they absorb the first $300 of shipping cost.

 

[Ezana4CE]

I looked over a few sites and see that the Alkin W31 Mariner is now priced at over $4k. I’m seeing $4100 and $4250 before shipping. I’ve seen them as high as $4900 at Pyramyd AIR. Baked Airguns still seems to have the best deal eating up to the first $300 of your sipping costs. When I ordered mine four years ago it was priced at $3250. I paid about $275 shipping for around $3550 total. It has proven to have been a great investment considering that I shoot more big bores and use more SCBA ranks than I had when I purchased my compressor. Looking back I’m glad that I budgeted and purchased when I did. I now have a little over 6 hours on it and so far it’s been trouble free. My only issue was figuring out how to change the oil and top off multiple tanks. Mine has been a reliable unit.

 

[Ezana4CE]

How long do Alkin owners run their compressors per fill (top off) session?

 

[grackleblast]

A top off from 3200 to 4500 psi ; about 7 to 8 minutes . Then a 10 minute cool down and drain the filters . 04/01/2016 to 02 /14/ 2025 = 49.5 hours.

My Airetex is what Alkin was called before they established a presents stateside. Best investment I ever made as far as air guns are concerned .

 

[cavedweller]

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I looked over a few sites and see that the Alkin W31 Mariner is now priced at over $4k. I’m seeing $4100 and $4250 before shipping. I’ve seen them as high as $4900 at Pyramyd AIR. Baked Airguns still seems to have the best deal eating up to the first $300 of your sipping costs. When I ordered mine four years ago it was priced at $3250. I paid about $275 shipping for around $3550 total. It has proven to have been a great investment considering that I shoot more big bores and use more SCBA ranks than I had when I purchased my compressor. Looking back I’m glad that I budgeted and purchased when I did. I now have a little over 6 hours on it and so far it’s been trouble free. My only issue was figuring out how to change the oil and top off multiple tanks. Mine has been a reliable unit.

much enjoy my W31 full auto upright
Monies well spent

 

[pan60]

How long do Alkin owners run their compressors per fill (top off) session?

never timed it but I fill the the 66 and 45 tanks and in more then a year I only have 40 min on mine?
I shoot till the tank drop to around 3000 then top then off to 4500

 

[Ezana4CE]

How long do Alkin owners run their compressors per fill (top off) session?

My top off sessions are usually around 15 minutes total.

 

[Skydivingmiami]

How long do Alkin owners run their compressors per fill (top off) session?

I'm around the 10 min mark when I'm filling my carbon tanks. Tbh it's such a good machine. I used to worry about air when I first started the rabbit hole of pcp - hand pumping. Alkin is top notch and it's a great investment.

I've actually seen some alkins on Facebook marketplace for 3k with barely any time on the clock. Great deals. Don't really need a 2nd one.

 

[airgunmike56]

I fill three great white tanks, and three football size tanks to 4800 PSI with my Alkin W31 upright, After each fill my Alkin stops I then have connect other bottle and restart it, , I do bleed the lines after each tank just a little, My old Shelden compressor used to use Mobil one Jet oil, Not as expensive as the Alkin oil but still $$$ for oil.